Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHigh radon around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay: 19% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³
Wildfire is a moderate presence around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay: 6.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.17% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay as in most places, at $0.018 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Electoral Area C, East Kootenay grades C+ for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s hazards
For Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Electoral Area C, East Kootenay faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay grades C+ for hazard risk
The grade weighs Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s seismic risk and radon equally, and wildfire is one-sided: a high band counts against a town, a low one earns nothing.
Its place: #215 of 254 in British Columbia and #2,041 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Fire reaches the land around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay: 5.6% within 5 km, 6.2% within 25 km
Past fire around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Moderate: the land around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay burns at 0.17% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
There is forest near Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s homes (49% within 5 km) and more of it further out (59% within 25 km).
Shares of land within 5 and 25 km of populated blocks: burned at least once in 1986–2025 (CWFIS burned-area composite), forest fuel and grass (fire behaviour fuel types, 2026, 250 m grid).
Burn rate a year, towns in British Columbia · highest of 255
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay ranks 42nd of the 255 towns in British Columbia for burn rate, at 0.17% a year; Oliver leads with 0.98%.
Each bar: the yearly average share of land within 25 km of a town’s homes that burned, 1986–2025 (CWFIS); the seven highest towns of 2,500 people or more.
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay is in the moderate band, which holds 5.4% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 2.1% rank higher.
Bands of the yearly burn rate: low under 0.05%, moderate under 0.25%, high under 1%, very high 1% or more; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System: National Burned Area Composite 1986–2025 and fire behaviour fuel types (2026), Natural Resources Canada. Measured within 25 km and 5 km of each populated dissemination area; past fire, not a forecast.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists no study whose area touches Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, which doesn’t mean it has never been mapped.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in British Columbia, 76% of towns against 58% nationally, but none in the inventory touches Electoral Area C, East Kootenay.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s homes are at risk.
The inventory’s own caution (NRCan): “The Canada Flood Map (CFM) does not include every flood hazard map in Canada and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. It should not be relied upon as the official source of flood mapping information. Furthermore, if a map appears to be missing, this does not necessarily mean that the area has never been mapped. For the official version of a map, updated information, or confirmation of applicable regulations, please contact the local authority responsible for flood mapping.”
Ordinary seismic risk in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay: $0.018 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.018 per $1,000, Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s earthquake risk is about the typical Canadian town’s ($0.030; 0.6 times).
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Earthquake risk in British Columbia peaks in Duncan ($1.33); Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, at $0.018, is below the median of $0.36.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay is in the lower part of Canada’s range for earthquake risk; 68% of the 2,611 towns are higher.
Each column: the share of Canada’s towns of 2,500 people or more in that range of yearly loss per $1,000 (NRCan, 2022).
What a quake does after the shaking, fire, landslides, tsunami, falls outside NRCan’s figure for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
19% of homes tested around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Radon runs above the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s area, at 19%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay (19%) than in the typical town in British Columbia (1.8%); 2.9% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay is in the 10–20% band, with 22% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; only 4.6% are higher.
Each bar: the share of Canada’s towns of 2,500 people or more whose survey area had that share of tests over 200 Bq/m³.
Neighbouring homes in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay can differ a lot; only a long-term test tells you about yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Data for radon tests covers the East Kootenay health region
Where to get warnings in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay; Alert Ready carries the urgent ones to phones, radio and TV.
| Alert | What it means |
|---|---|
| Warning | Severe weather is happening or about to: act now. |
| Watch | Conditions favour severe weather: be ready. |
| Advisory | Weather that is less severe but could disrupt the day. |
| Special weather statement | Unusual weather worth knowing about. |
| Special air quality statement | Poor air, often wildfire smoke. |
Smoke and fire warnings for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay come through Environment Canada and Alert Ready; the fire map is CWFIS’s.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay | Moderate | $0.018 | 19% | None listed |
| Cranbrook 22,703 · 4.4 km | Moderate | $0.019 | 19% | None listed |
The fire record around Cranbrook is a touch heavier than Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s, but the band is the same: moderate (here moderate).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Electoral Area C, East Kootenay faces
What to do about the hazards Electoral Area C, East Kootenay faces, and what to ask before you buy.
- Clear needles and wood nearby.
- Keep a grab-and-go bag ready.
- In smoke, stay in; filter air.
- Test for three months in winter.
- Over 200 Bq/m³: fix it.
- Kits are cheap; pros test too.
- Never drive through floodwater.
- Move papers and medicines upstairs.
- Ask whether your street is mapped.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Wildfire counts one way. Burned land within 25 km of where people live, averaged over 1986–2025 and checked for fuel near homes, is the measure; it looks back, not ahead, and only ever counts against Electoral Area C, East Kootenay.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay without grading them.
- Radon is a survey. Radon figures pool the survey’s home tests by area: postal areas once their boundaries arrive, the 2007 health region around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay until then.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s included.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
Is Electoral Area C, East Kootenay at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 6.2% of the land around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay since 1986 (last in 2024); at moderate, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
How is Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay grades C+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Does Electoral Area C, East Kootenay flood?
With 0 studies on the inventory, Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s flood risk is unmapped nationally; check with the municipality before buying.
Is radon a problem in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay?
Around Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, 105 survey homes were tested and 19% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How big is the earthquake risk in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s buildings lose $0.018 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Seismic risk: Natural Resources Canada. Radon: Health Canada. Wildfire: Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. Flood studies: Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Sources: NRCan, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model 2022 · Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes · CWFIS, National Burned Area Composite and FBP fuel types · NRCan, Canada Flood Map Inventory. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).